Intercom

Principal Engineer

Intercom
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over 1 year ago
Dublin, IrelandStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Lead the definition and execution of key strategic engineering initiatives autonomously.
  • Drive strategic projects as a technical leader within the R&D organization.
  • Assess project progress, risks, and challenges for engineering leadership and resource planning.
  • Contribute to technical architecture for systems serving large-scale customer demand.
  • Participate in ideation, prototyping, design, and implementation across the software development lifecycle.
  • Perform hands-on development alongside technical leadership and architecture work.
  • Hire, mentor, and support the career development of other engineers.
  • Raise technical standards for performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate with designers, product managers, researchers, data analysts, and Group Engineering Managers.

Requirements

  • Significant demonstrated impact on products or engineering teams is required.
  • Deep knowledge of a high-level programming language such as Ruby, Python, or Perl is required.
  • Experience with distributed systems is required.
  • At least two years of experience as the primary technical leader for a team is required.
  • Experience collaborating with technical leaders, product teams, and designers is required.
  • A proven record of delivering value to customers or users is required.
  • Experience building SaaS products is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity are offered, with regular compensation reviews.
  • Pension scheme with matching contributions up to 4%.
  • Life assurance and comprehensive health and dental insurance for employees and dependents.
  • Flexible paid time off, paid maternity leave, and six weeks of paternity leave.
  • Cycle-to-Work Scheme and secure bike storage.
  • MacBook provided as standard, with alternative equipment available if needed.
  • Hybrid working policy requiring at least two days per week in the office.

Tech Stack

PerlPythonRuby

Categories

Intercom

About Intercom

1,001-5,000 employees

We’re Intercom — the AI customer service company helping businesses deliver incredible customer experiences at scale. Our platform combines Fin, the #1 AI Agent for customer service, with our next-generation Helpdesk, a modern workspace that gives support teams the power, speed and intelligence they need.

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